Ohtani or Ruth?

[z28jd]

I assume that the people who voted Ohtani took the question literal, as in who is better right now.

[Casey2296]

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I chose Ruth due to his sheer impact on the game, but…

Only 12 hitters have ever recorded 3 home runs in a postseason game.

Only 26 pitchers have ever recorded 10+ strikeouts with 2 or less hits and no runs in a postseason start.

Ohtani did both in one game.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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I chose Ruth due to his sheer impact on the game, but…

Only 12 hitters have ever recorded 3 home runs in a postseason game.

Only 26 pitchers have ever recorded 10+ strikeouts with 2 or less hits and no runs in a postseason start.

Ohtani did both in one game.

And add that only seven players have hit a baseball out of Dodgers stadium (in 63 years!), and Ohtani did that yesterday!

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

And add that only seven players have hit a baseball out of Dodgers stadium (in 63 years!), and Ohtani did that yesterday!

Watching the Dodger dugout as they were tracking that ball was hilarious.

[Fred]

King Kong or Godzilla?

Always interesting to see the comments.

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[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by Fred

King Kong or Godzilla?

Always interesting to see the comments.

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Godzilla had more adventures, King Kong was just remaking the same movie over and over

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Godzilla had more adventures, King Kong was just remaking the same movie over and over

I liked it when they teamed up.

[samosa4u]

People always getting carried away with modern players. For example, when Messi won the World Cup, then everybody started calling him the GOAT (what about Pele? He won it three times!) Comparing Ohtani to Ruth is just insane. Please stop. If you just wanna' study the numbers, then Mike Trout is still ahead of Ohtani. What Trout did in his twenties was insane. But If Ohtani keeps playing like this throughout his thirties, then yes, he will eventually overtake him.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

People always getting carried away with modern players. For example, when Messi won the World Cup, then everybody started calling him the GOAT (what about Pele? He won it three times!) Comparing Ohtani to Ruth is just insane. Please stop. If you just wanna' study the numbers, then Mike Trout is still ahead of Ohtani. What Trout did in his twenties was insane. But If Ohtani keeps playing like this throughout his thirties, then yes, he will eventually overtake him.

Recency bias. Every kid who comes up and gets 8 hits on their first weekend, people immediately want to start talking about whether or not he’s the GOAT.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Comparing Ohtani to Ruth is just insane. Please stop. If you just wanna' study the numbers, then Mike Trout is still ahead of Ohtani. What Trout did in his twenties was insane.

Trout’s fastest throw from the outfield is 98.6pm. If he had done that on the mound, then Trout would be the superior player in my mind. But he did not.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I assume that the people who voted Ohtani took the question literal, as in who is better right now.

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